Charles Fisher affidavit: Homicidal husband ambushed wife after she saw...
Earlier this week, we told you about the arrest of Thornton's Charles Fisher, who allegedly murdered his wife, Belinda, and then set their house ablaze. Now, the Thornton Police Department...
View ArticleDiamond thieves are forever: $20,000 snatch and grab at Cherry Creek Shopping...
On Tuesday, a $20,000 diamond was stolen from Cherry Creek Shopping Center's Zales outlet in a crime caught on camera. First reaction: Why does a Zales have a $20,000 diamond? In case one ...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony: If he leaves, how many years will the Nuggets suck?
As the sports world waits for tonight's announcement about where LeBron James will sign (right now, it looks like he'll be Miami-bound), Nuggets fans are left to wonder if Carmelo Anthony w...
View ArticleDenver homicide roster: See where all 16 of them happened
The Denver coroner's office has released its list of homicides in Denver for the first half of 2010 -- sixteen deaths. Some of those listed include straight-forward slayings , like the cas...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Boulder official says state can't defend moratorium
The Denver City Council amendment that essentially zoned Altitude Organic Medicine out of existence was fast-tracked due to what most observers interpret as a state moratorium on approving ...
View ArticleKing Tut could give a DAM: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
Tutnkhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, the touring art blockbuster which recently opened at the Denver Art Museum, promises to turn the DAM into a tomb. Tutankhamun is primari...
View ArticleJustin Bieber challenges Carmelo Anthony to a basketball game: Anyone wanna...
Mystery solved. The secret meaning of Justin Bieber's cryptic tweet to Carmelo Anthony yesterday? The floppy-haired teen idol simply wanted to play the NBA All-Star in basketball -- not c...
View ArticleElite Green Organics is a flashback to the early days of dispensaries --...
In "Mile Highs and Lows," Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana clinics (see our dispensary list here), whether they resemble swanky bar...
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
Fresh from the jar: A Mile Highs and Lows dispensary review of Fort Collins' Elite Green Organics by the Wildflower Seed. And there's more where that came from. Check out our newly updated d...
View Article"We don't need the Denver Post," says Colorado Pols' Jason Bane
Yesterday, Colorado Pols, Denver's preeminent political website, published a legal-action-threatening piece revealing that it had received a letter from attorney Christopher Beall, represen...
View ArticlePhilip Rivers: Has his dickiness made the Chargers more hateworthy than the...
Three -- count 'em, three -- Denver blog links: A Mile High Report fan post by stedtfeld stirs up loads of Philip Rivers hatred. And for good reason. Denver Infill's Rick offers a Union S...
View ArticleDan Drayer leaving Colorado Public Radio for DU gig
Dan Drayer is a public radio lifer. He's spent 22 years working in the business, thirteen of them at Colorado Public Radio. And while he left the network once before, back in 2005, he staye...
View ArticleOllie Eddington's price for trimming four-to-six small branches: $2,200
Ollie Eddington doesn't work cheap -- or at least he didn't before being arrested on charges of theft and wronging at-risk adults. He's accused of outrageously overcharging two elderly Boul...
View ArticlePetition war update: Cash rolling in to fight tax-slashing measures
This week's cover story, "Signed, Sealed, Rejected," explores the costs, intrigues and legal hurdles involved in getting citizen initiatives on the ballot in Colorado -- and the massive camp...
View ArticleLone Tree wants Western Conservative Summit to leave it alone
"It's a great day to be in Lone Tree!," promises that small suburb's web site. But yesterday wasn't such a great day for Lone Tree officials, who discovered in this Denver Post story that Jo...
View ArticleMarijuana legalization: Analysis says cost of legal weed could plummet to $38...
A new study from Rand's Drug Policy Research Center suggests that marijuana costs could be slashed as much as 80 percent, and pot use could increase by as much as 50 percent, if Californian...
View ArticleThe Biennial Roundtable on Women promotes discussion -- and sharing
The Biennial of the Americas is in full swing, and at the "Americas Roundtable on Women: Drivers of the New Economy," on July 7, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum eloquentl...
View ArticleTim Tebow and Broncos: tickets on sale today and tomorrow
Attention Broncos fans: Who wants to be the first to see Tim Tebow holding a clipboard? Don't all talk at once. But just in case, anyone on the Denver Broncos Season Ticket Waiting List (p...
View ArticleParty on! Register now if you want to vote August 10
The August 10 primary ballot promises to be a wild one, what with contested races for both the Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, as well as a GOP face-off for governor and ot...
View ArticleHey Denver, We're the Third-Most Sustainable Metro Area
That's the news from Site Selection, a magazine with the corporatey mission of providing "corporate real estate strategy and area economic development."The Denver-Aurora area ranked third be...
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